Category: Suburban Calendar

  • Church’s Columbiettes schedule Lenten fish fries

    Our Lady of Victory Columbiettes will host Lenten fish fries from 4:30-7 p.m. on Ash Wednesday, March 5, and six consecutive Fridays, March 14-April 18, at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 775 Washington Road, Parlin section of Sayreville. The menu will feature broiled or fried fresh fish, shrimp, combination platters, a salad bar, dessert and…

  • Widows and Widowers slates March 2 social

    The Widows and Widowers (WOWs) Chapter of Middlesex County West will hold a social from 7-11 p.m. on March 2 at the Belarussian American Center, Whitehead Avenue, South River. Socials are held on the first Sunday of every month, unless otherwise specified. New members are welcome. Admission is $8 for members and nonmembers. The nonprofit,…

  • St. Mary’s sets March 2 Mardi Gras celebration

    The St. Mary of Ostrabrama Church 100th Anniversary Committee will hold a Mardi Gras celebration from 5-10 p.m. on March 2 at the Knights of Columbus Hall, Jackson Street, South River. The event will feature a little bit of New Orleans with music, dancing and ethnic foods. Cost for adults is $10 in advance, $12…

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    Hadassah sets women Hadassah sets women’s education symposium The Southern New Jersey Region of Hadassah, in cooperation with the Allen and Joan Bildner Center for the Study of Jewish Life at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, will present a two-day women’s spring education symposium, "One People, One World," on March 19 and 20 in the Douglass…

  • ‘Steel Magnolias’ set for March 8, 13, 15 in O.B.

    ‘Steel Magnolias’ set for March 8, 13, 15 in O.B. GB Productions will present Steel Magnolias at 8 p.m. on March 8, 13 and 15 at St. Thomas the Apostle auditorium, Route 18 south, Old Bridge. Tickets, which will be available at the door, cost $12 for adults, $10 for seniors, students and children. For…

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    Girl Scouts to presentInternational Festival Girl Scouts to present International Festival Sayreville Girl Scouts will hold its annual International Festival from noon to 3 p.m. on Feb. 23 at St. Mary’s School cafeteria, Augusta Street, South Amboy. The Scouts will represent approximately 18 countries through displays of scenery, maps and fashions and a sampling of…

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    Community blood drives set in Jamesburg, O.B. The Blood Center of New Jersey will sponsor community blood drives from 4-8 p.m. on Feb. 21 at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 83 Lincoln Ave., Jamesburg, and from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Feb. 22 at the Friendly Sons of the Shillelagh, 1 Oak St., Old…

  • Sacred Heart HSA plans Lenten Fish Fry

    Sacred Heart HSA plans Lenten Fish Fry The HSA of Sacred Heart School, Cedar Street, South Amboy, will host its annual Lenten Fish Fry from 4-7 p.m. on March 7 in the school cafeteria (Walnut Street entrance). Cost is $8 for a breaded fish dinner; $6 for a fish sandwich; $3, bowl of homemade Manhattan…

  • Bomb scare empties school

    OLD BRIDGE — A cryptic warning written in blue ink on a boys’ rest room wall at the Carl Sandburg Middle School prompted school officials to evacuate the building as a precaution Feb. 12. There are no known suspects in the incident, which remains under investigation by township police detectives. The incident reportedly began at…